Rifle-bead.



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' RIFLE BEAD.

7 APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, I91?- 7 1,254,418. Patented Jan. 22, 191&

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RIFLE-BEAD.

Application filed April 16, 1917.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon A. Lixnsl-xr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented a Certain new and useful Rifle-Bead, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a rifle bead or sight of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it i my object to pro vide a rifle bead which can be used under a great variety of conditions as to light, and shadow and under various weather conditions which will always present a proper bright spot which can be quickly and easily caught by the eye of the shooter.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a rifle barrel equipped with a bead or sight embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a top or plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 same, and

Fig. 4 shows a transverse, vertical sec tional view taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 shows a side elevation of my improved bead or sight.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a rifle barrel having on its upper part near its forward end a sight holding bracket 11. My improved bead comprises a small piece of metal 12. I have experimented with a great variety of metals, and have found that copper is the best thing for this purpose. The head 12 has a horizontal lower edge 13 adapted to fit close to the rifle barrel. The lower portion of the bead is somewhat thickened as shown. The bead generally has substantially the form of a triangle in outline with the differences hereinafter mentioned.

The rear edge of the bead extends upwardly at 15 and slightly rearwardly from the rear end of the edge 13, as shown in shows a front elevation of the Fig. 1.

he head or sight is provided with an edge Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

Serial No. 162,557.

16 extending upwardly and forwardly from the upper end of the edge 15 at an angle of substantially thirty degrees thereto. The edge 16 has a substantially rectangular surface, as shown in Fig. 1. The sight has an edge 17 extending downwardly and forwardly from the upper end of the edge 16 to the thickened portion of the body, and has an edge 18 extending downwardly and forwardly from the forward end of the edge 17.

The edge 15 is arranged at an angle of approximately seventy-two degrees with relation to the horizontal. The edge 16 is arranged at an angle of substantially thirty degrees with relation to the edge 15.

I have spent several years in experimenting with rifle beads, and have foundthe arrangement of the edges 15 and 16 at approximately the angles mentioned to be the most desirable arrangement for these edges. The arrangement of the edge 15 in vertical position has been found to be undesirable for the reason that in certain lights, a bright spot will appear on the edge 15. Where such edge 15 i inclined from its upper end downwardly and forwardly, as shown, I find that I do not have difliculty with this bright spot in any kind of light. The edge 16 has a substantially rectangular outline, which can always be seen whether hunting in bright light or on the prairie or in the shadow or heavy timber. If, at any time,'ti1e edge 16 should become slightly blurred or dulled, it may quickly and easily be brightened by simply rubbing the hand or cloth thereover. The edge 16 being arranged at an angle of substantially thirty degrees with relation to the horizontal, I have found to be at the angle most desirable to afford a bright spot under all shooting conditions.

In using my rifle sight or head, constructed as shown, I have found that the edge 16, which for convenience I might call the sighting edge, will not blur in shadow or glitter in sunlight. The arrangement of the edge 15 is such that in shooting it shows a dark light, above which is the bright spot formed by the sighting edge. statement is true under practically all shooting conditions, excepting in shooting on snow. In shooting on, snow, the rear edge 16 and sighting edge show dark until the sight is in line between the eye of the hunter and the game, whereupon the bright spot of the sighting edge will show very clearly. Thus The above under all shooting conditions the sighting edge is so arranged as to give a sharply defined area.

I have experimented with a great variety of materials for making sights, German silver and similar metals are excellent under some conditions, but under deep forest shade, for instance, are unsatisfactory. Black sights are good under some conditions, but in deep shade are of little use. The best material I have been able to find is copper, formed with a flat sharply outlined bright sighting edge or area. This sight coopererates well with any type of peep sight, and I have found it better than sights of darker or lighter material.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my rifle sight,

asagna but the angles of the sighting edge, and the edge 15 must be substantially as set forth I herein to obtain proper results under all conditions.

I claim a my invention:

A rifle bead or sight comprising a copper plate, having a lower edge designed to be mounted on a rifle barrel, the upper edge of said plate having a portion inclined from its forward end upwardly and rearwardly, and having a sighting edge inclined from the upper rear end of the last described edge downwardly and rearwardly, said plate having a rearward edge extending from the lower edge of said sighting edge downwardly and forwardly.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 27, 1917.

GEORGE A. LINDSAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

